Increased basal activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis during pregnancy in rats bred for high anxiety-related behaviour.

Abstract:

:In order to test the hypothesis that prenatal hormones influence the emotional maturation of the offspring, the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity was studied at the end of pregnancy in two rat breeding lines differing consistently in their innate anxiety-related behaviour in the elevated plus-maze. Virgin and pregnant rats were fitted with a chronic jugular vein catheter and tested 5 days later. The high basal level of anxiety-related behaviour (HAB) described in males and females of the HAB breeding line persists in pregnancy as indicated by a significantly reduced number of entries into and time spent on the open arms of the elevated plus-maze between days 18 and 20 of pregnancy compared with pregnant rats of the breeding line with low anxiety-related behaviour (LAB). In general, an increase in anxiety was found in both breeding lines in pregnancy compared with the respective virgin controls. With respect to HPA axis activity, increased basal levels of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and corticosterone have been found in pregnant rats of the HAB line compared with pregnant LAB rats. ACTH and corticosterone secretion in response to emotional and complex physical stressors (exposure to the elevated plus-maze and forced swimming, respectively) did not differ between virgin and pregnant rats of either breeding line. However, independent of the inborn emotionality of the animals, a general attenuation in the HPA axis response to stressors and to exogenous CRH could be confirmed in pregnant rats. The basal and stress-induced activity of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system secreting oxytocin and vasopressin was also tested, and no differences were found relating to the emotionality or reproductive state of the animals except for a reduced vasopressin secretion in pregnant HAB rats after forced swimming. The elevated basal activity of the HPA axis, including enhanced circulating concentrations of corticosterone in pregnant HAB rats, may influence both the neuroendocrine and emotional development of their offspring. Thus, the passing-on of maternal behavioural characteristics via prenatal, hormonal 'imprinting' has to be considered as a possible contribution to emotional maturation during an individual's development.

journal_title

Psychoneuroendocrinology

authors

Neumann ID,Wigger A,Liebsch G,Holsboer F,Landgraf R

doi

10.1016/s0306-4530(98)00023-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-07-01 00:00:00

pages

449-63

issue

5

eissn

0306-4530

issn

1873-3360

pii

S0306453098000237

journal_volume

23

pub_type

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